> I dont' think i've ever seen one - if you do find a $90 one it's essentially the $25 one in a fancier looking shell. I think this is a huge problem. If you d

> I dont' think i've ever seen one - if you do find a $90 one it's essentially the $25 one in a fancier looking shell. I think this is a huge problem. If you don't know a good brand (or can't trust the brand), why risk the $350 one when you can buy 14x $25 ones for the same cost and maybe get lucky? Take the humble toaster for example. Are there some nice, well built, repairable ones that can (possibly) make the toast of angels? Sure, I've heard good things about Dualit[1]. But I bought a generic Black and Decker toaster for $15 over 20 years ago and it continues to work just fine. I would have had to replace that toaster roughly every 3.5 years in order to get over the cost of the cheapest Dualit toaster. It's not fancy and not consistent, but it is functional, and I can more or less guarantee that walmart will be selling it or a similar item for decades. Buying a more expensive "repairable" toaster from a small brand is just a risk that doesn't make a lot of sense, even before you factor in that repair shop labor is going to be in the $40-50/hr range. [1]: https://www.dualit.com/collections/toasters https://www.dualit.com/collections/toasters